IN-DEPTH: Success hard to measure in right-to-work states

It's credited for boosting jobs but blamed for lowering wages

9:32 AM,
Jan. 13, 2013

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Oklahoma's "right-to-work" law is either a stunning success or an abject failure.

It has created jobs and driven economic growth, as business leaders say, or it has lowered wages and hurt workers, as labor unions claim. It is the reason unemployment is low in Oklahoma, or it is preventing the state from doing even better.

As Ohioans debate whether to embrace right-to-work, which bans mandatory union membership and dues, Oklahoma's decade-long experiment is a testament to the challenges of measuring the law's impact. ...